A/N: I hope you like it!
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POV: Scorpius.
Step one, you say, "We need to talk"
He walks. You say, "Sit down, it's just a talk"
He smiles politely back at you, you stare politely right on through.
Some sort of window to your right, as he goes left and you stay right,
Between the lines of fear and blame, and you begin to wonder why you came.
She came to me for advice on what to say to him.
I was the first person she asked, "What do I do?"
She needed help and I tried to give it to her.
Lorcan was never the right guy for her.
He fell for another girl and didn't even tell her.
Still not a good enough reason for her to die.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere alone in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
Let him know that you know best, 'cause after all, you do know best.
Try to slip past his defence, without granting innocence.
Lay down a list of what is wrong, things you told him all along
And pray to God he hears you, and pray to God he hears you.
I could have saved her.
I knew it all along.
But I didn't know how.
She didn't want saving, anyway.
Her first love broke her heart and it broke her.
So she found a cliff and jumped.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere alone in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
As he begins to raise his voice, you lower yours, and grant him one last choice.
Drive until you lose the road, or break with the ones you've followed.
He will do one out of two things. He'll admit to everything,
Or he'll say he's just not the same, and you'll begin to wonder why you come.
I advised her on everything.
Everything she said to him.
I told her he'd either admit it all or say he'd changed.
I was right, not that it helps now.
He never was the right guy for her.
He didn't treat her right.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere alone in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere alone in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
How to save a life, how to save a life.
None of that changes the fact.
It's my fault.
I should have seen, when she came back.
Red-rimmed eyes, defeated expression.
And she told me she was fine.
So I stayed for a while to comfort her, then left.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere alone in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
Where did I go wrong? I lost a friend somewhere alone in the bitterness.
And I would have stayed up with you all night, had I known how to save a life.
How to save a life, how to save a life.
The only thing that makes any of it better?
He found her after she jumped.
He's the one with the image of her death scorched into his eyes.
Serves him right.
It's his fault too.
He has to have some punishment.
So do I.
But I'm punishing myself.